| Evidence: | Sharon Turner (lawyer) to John Murray, 31 January 1822:
'Mr. Shadwell, whom I have just seen, has told me that he had read "Cain" some time ago, -- that he thinks it contains nothing but what a bookseller can be fairly justified in publishing, that it is not worse in many parts than "Paradise Regained" and in "Paradise Lost" [...] He is King's Counsel and a religious man. He thinks it can hurt no reasonable mind. He will lead the case.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Dec 1821 and 31 Jan 1822 | ||||||||||
| Country: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | n/a | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Shadwell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | n/a |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Barrister |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | n/a |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | George Gordon Lord Byron |
| Title: | Cain, a Mystery |
| Genre: | Bible, Drama, Poetry |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | Published by John Murray, together with Byron's plays Sardanapalus and The Two Foscari, December 1821 |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 27200 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Samuel Smiles | |
| Editor: | n/a | |
| Title: | A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1891 | |
| Vol: | 1 | |
| Page: | 428 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Samuel Smiles, A Publisher and His Friends: Memoir and Correspondence of the Late John Murray (London, 1891), 1, p. 428, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=27200, accessed: 26 April 2024 | |
| Shadwell was retained by Murray to apply to the Chancellor (Lord Eldon) for an injunction to protect Murray from pirate publishers of text; Murray was concerned that this might be refused, were text to be judged as blasphemous (see p.428 in source). |
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